Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

North Carolina counties
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Michael Bruce Curry (1953- )
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Arnold Donald (1954- )
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Elmer C. Stoner (1897-1969)
Vermont counties
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First Emancipation

Explore Global African History

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Maji Maji Uprising (1905-1907)
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Cheikh Anta Diop University (1957–)
Mojola Agbebi
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(1902) Rev. Mojola Agbebi, “Inaugural Sermon”
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(1948) United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: For His Times and Ours
NIH Poster on Race and Mental Illness
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Mental Illness in Black Community, 1700-2019: A Short History
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights in the United States
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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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